Bag-holder



B. MCBRIDIZ.

BAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED N0v.24, 1919.

1,336,530, Patented Apr. 13, 1920.

H62 sump UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BERT MCBRIDE, OF ADA, OHIO.

BAG-HOLDER.

Application filed November 24, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERT MCBRIDE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ada, in thecounty of Hardin and the State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag-Holders; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings and to the figures of reference marked thereon.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings,and then pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1, is a perspective view of a feed chute with a bag-holdingdevice thereon embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical central section on line 22 Fig. 1, of a detail partof the device.

The numeral 1 designates a spout or feed chute to which the bag-holdingmeans are secured. Secured to one side of said chute is a cleat 2,either of wood or metal and having the pins P. P. secured thereto andprojecting upwardly therefrom. A similar cleat 2 with pins (not shown)is secured to the opposite side of the said chute.

The numeral 3 designates a vertical bar. preferably of metal, with across-bar attached to the lower end thereof, said crossbar 3* havingholes therein near each end thereof of such size and in such position asto drop loosely over the pegs P and P. The vertical bar is held in placeby two screws or bolts B and B with heads projecting over the edge, thesaid screws or bolts forming guides being set so as to permit a limitedvertical movement of the bar between them. The upper end of the verticalbar is drawn around and bent outward from the body entering a hole inthe handle (No. a). (It is to be understood that this description of thevertical bar and its attachments applies also to another similar bar onthe opposite side of the body, not shown in the drawing.)

The numeral 4 designates the handle made (preferably) of metal, eitherwrought or cast so that one end projects from the body, the other twoends forking to either side of the body, to which it is attached asherein- Specifieation of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 13, 1920.

Serial No. 340,411.

after described, the essential purpose of the said handle being tosupport and operate the vertical bar (No. 3) with its attached crossbarupon which its action is that of a lever of the second class. At the twoforked ends of the handle are holes through which the supporting rod orbar 6 extends, the handle being held to its supporting rod (fulcrum ofthe lever) by cotter pins.

No. 5 is a bumper, which may be of wood or other material, butpreferably is of metal bent at right angles, bolted to the chute l atsuch position that the movement of the handle t is stopped when thecross-bar attached to the lower end of the vertical bar 3 has beenraised to the top of the pegs P and P.

6 is a bar of metal (drawn or cast) round at each end, attached to thechute l by bolts or rivet-s and supporting the handle 4 in the manneralready described, this part being the axis or fulcrum of the handle l.

The operation of the machine or device is as follows: The handle islowered and the bag to be filled is hooked over the open mouth of thechute 1 upon the pegs P and P (and upon the two similar pegs on theopposite side of the body) the bag being placed over (above) thehorizontal bar, through which the pegs have projected. )Vhen the bag isfilled, the handle t is raised, thus lifting the horizontal bar which inturn lifts the bag clear of the steel pegs P and P and causes it to dropfrom the machine.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to obtain and secureby Let ters Patent is A bag holder consisting of bars or cleats adaptedto be rigidly secured to the opposite sides of a chute or spout. andprovided with upwardly extending pins, a handle pivotally connected tosaid chute, dependent bars connected with said handle on opposite sidesof said spout, guides for said dependent bars, a cross bar connectedwith each of said dependent bars, said cross bars having openingstherein adapted to receive said pins, and means for limiting themovement of said handle.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature this 1st day of August, A. D.1919.

BER-T MCBRIDE.

